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[Katmatcreations]

I been meaning to do this one for a while and with the recent errors i was getting with the Google sitemap module i decided to make time today.

Thats not to say the presta team dont do a good job, infact i want everyone who posts on here to say thank you to the presta team (and not me!).

Down to business, ill call it a module but its not really!

There is 1 file, it is called SMAP.php it will generate the same as a sitemap.xml when the google bot requests it! to do so i took the SQL from the google sitemap module.

all you need to do to make this work is upload it to your presta root directory folder and add 1 line to .htaccess

RewriteRule (.*)\.xml(.*) $1.php$2 [nocase]   

when you point google at your sitemap (via google webmaster tools) you then say that your sitemap is called smap.xml

NOTE: i would have called it sitemap.php (and thus it would be known as sitemap.xml) but there is something already called that in the presta root!

NOTE2: this will only work at the moment if you have URL-rewrite on, i only ever build sites with it on so only needed it on.

NOTE3: at no extra cost by using this i have doubled the product entries you will submit to google!!

when you submit

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http://www.website.com/1-product

it will also submit

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http://www.website.c...egory/1-product

and both are relevant and will be indexed by the google server :)

DISCLAIMER

i dont take any responsibility for anything this does or doesnt to do in the course of human (or any other) history herein this reality or therefore the party of the third part who handles the party of the second part who in tern requires singing rights over the party of the first part who would otherwise settle the party of the third part in the even of a termination of the second part!

Anyway enjoy! Hope it works like it does for me and i hope the theory behind it gets included in the next presta release *HINT HINT*

28/09 ***EDIT*** code has been updated!

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[Katmatcreations]

EDIT reserved #1

Once size fits all again :)

[21846657]

Hi KC (If I may be allowed :lol: ), I just have a look into the codes. I have to say this is quite a module! Thanks a bunch.

[Katmatcreations]

LOL no probs, makes my life easier so i wanted to share it. :)

Ive used the same technique before on other sites, its the lazymans sitemap!

hrmmm im going to rename it!

[Batdelfuego]

Nice work Karmatcreations!

I've just installed it on my fresh PrestaShop...

One thing I notice tho is in the urls... I'm getting duplicates of the www.

It looks like this:

http://www.www.poopb...tent/1-delivery

Yeah i know the domain is funny... but thats what were going to be selling... :)

I've just installed my PrestaShop about 3 hours ago and it's my first time trying the system (After going through a bunch of other cart testing)

Do you know why I might be getting this doubling?

Also in your 3rd Note... Isnt referencing 2 urls to the same content in the same site be considered as "duplicate content" from Google? I'm still trying to figure out how to fix this in the PrestaShop Admin... so that each product as a unique url...

[Katmatcreations]

haha what a great domain name :)

OH crap i forgot to mention its only for version 1.2.4, its all i have in development environment. ill edit the top to mention it.

IN version 1.1 they included the WWW in a different way to 1.2.

Ill whip you up a 1.1 version give me a second and ill use the second post for it to go!

Google shouldnt count it as doubles but if it does ill change it, in theory its 2 different URLs.

[Katmatcreations]

ok try the file in post 2

[Batdelfuego]

All right! Works perfectly now!
Thanks a bunch!

I thought I had the lastest PrestaShop version installed tho.
I downloaded it last night from the home page.
I'll have to check that out.

Thanks for your sitemap code and your quick fix.
Really nice of you.

And yeah... thanks to the PrestaShop team too ;)

[Katmatcreations]

Just realised i missed something and took the www. out (google didnt like it)

So one size fits all now :)

[citrix34]

A very useful script Katmatcreations.
Many thanks


JP

[mr_c]

Can i ask what the difference between this and http://www.ecartserv...sitemap-module/ is?

thanks

[Katmatcreations]

Well for starters mine doesnt need someone to click a button to generate a XML file, when google comes knocking for the latest sitemap the php queries the database (by itself) and outputs as XML.

as far as googlebot is concerned its reading the PHP as XML and is happy!

plus you get products being submitted twice!

[jhnstcks]

I have installed the file and added the required line to htaccess, when the xml is generated every product URL i set to product id 1, as you can see in my examples below:

http://purplegiraffe...es-707-tortoise
http://purplegiraffe...sel-sunglasses-
http://purplegiraffe...ses-shiny-black

Categories and CMS pages work fine, its just the products that are messed up.

Edit: this happens on 3 sites so its not just one installation.

[Katmatcreations]

which version of presta are you using?

[jhnstcks]

1.2.4

[jolvil]

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NOTE3: at no extra cost by using this i have doubled the product entries you will submit to google!!

when you submit
http://www.website.com/1-product
it will also submit
http://www.website.c...egory/1-product
and both are relevant and will be indexed by the google server

This is a duplicate content !!!!

[Katmatcreations]

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NOTE3: at no extra cost by using this i have doubled the product entries you will submit to google!!

when you submit
http://www.website.com/1-product
it will also submit
http://www.website.c...egory/1-product
and both are relevant and will be indexed by the google server

This is a duplicate content !!!!

yep and yet its 2 different links.

[Katmatcreations]

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1.2.4

did you upgrade to 1.2.4 or do a clean install when you setup shop?

im trying to work out why your version of presta 1.2.4 seems to be different to the others that i use this on

[jhnstcks]

2 of them are upgrades and one was a clean install.

To be honest I cant see how it would matter as the rest of the url is correct apart from the product_id, there is obviously a problem with that section of the code somehow.

[Katmatcreations]

ok think i know what it is, ill test today and do an update